Thursday, March 26, 2026 – The shocking discovery of 32 bodies at Makaburini Cemetery, far more than the 14 initially reported, has once again exposed serious gaps in Kenya’s burial oversight and death registration procedures.
Officials appear to have been caught flat-footed as questions mount over how the secret burials were carried out without following statutory requirements.
According to the Daily Nation, the clandestine interments circumvented compulsory registration of deaths, a process designed to ensure accountability and transparency.
Kenyan law requires that every death be reported to the registrar, accompanied by a certificate of cause of death issued by a medical practitioner in cases of illness. Get The Full Story Here